Homeowner frustrated by lack of arrests after destructive party

Sunday

Teenagers broke into her home last summer, trashed her rooms in a drunken party that spanned 30 hours and later bragged about it to friends online.

More than three months have passed since the uninvited youths caused a reported $16,000 in damages, but so far, authorities have not arrested anyone.

Kristin Valdes is frustrated.

None of the teenagers have taken responsibility. None of the parents have called to apologize.

"This a big deal," Valdes said. "It has impacted us tremendously."

A Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said the agency has been working toward an arrest.

"We fully expect to file charges soon in this investigation," said Wendy Rose. "It is deeply disappointing that there has not been a resolution in the case to date and the reason for this delay is being looked into."

Valdes said she was on her way to Georgia for a family vacation in late July when the teenagers, who knew Valdes' son from school, took a ladder from the back of the home and climbed three floors to the master bathroom window.

Once inside, they invited other Venice High School students and raided Valdes' wine cooler. Within hours, the house in the 30 block of Shoreland Drive was overrun with partygoers.

Valdes said the youths drank most of her liquor, including a $500 bottle of Dom Perignon champagne. Some could not hold down the alcohol, and clogged the bathroom sink and toilets with vomit, according to a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office report.

The party spilled over to the three bedrooms, where Valdes says the partiers had sex and stole several pieces of her jewelry.

One of the boys, now 17, told investigators he went to the home on July 29 -- the first day of the party -- but left because he thought the police would be called due to the noise, the Sheriff's Office reported. He returned the next day and, upon seeing the damage, called Valdes' son to ask whether they knew a party had been going on at their house.

By the time deputies arrived, the youths had scattered.

But they were not done talking about it.

Valdes' son captured several posts on the social networking site, Facebook, where participants joked about the damage, with one saying the party "sure did a number on this house."

Kristin Valdes said they found girls' and boys' underwear in their beds, along with other personal effects left behind by the group.

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